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The president’s announcement that he would nominate William Barr to be the next attorney general was a nod to both the past and future. If confirmed, the nation’s former top cop was expected to readily ascribe to the racist ideals he previously upheld while leading a criminal justice system systemically rigged against Black people.

Barr, who served in the same position under the late former President George H.W. Bush in the early 1990s, has an unabashed history of openly embracing policies that overtly discriminate against people of color, including and especially Black people. The 68-year-old’s deeply troubling personal and legal opinions about the benefits of locking up more and more Black people have been well-documented.

Until the New York City native’s name started bubbling up on the rumor mill as a potential successor to Jeff Sessions, who was forced to resign last month, he was merely a small blip on the racist radar in the era of Donald Trump. But now, the [further] damage that he could do to America, and the Black community in particular, as the next attorney general should be sounding alarms for everybody who opposes mass incarceration over more discretionary and humanitarian approaches to penalizing violators of the law.

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While serving under Bush, who has his own criminal justice policy demons to deal with, Barr was all about imprisoning people as the only answer no matter the crime. He once said that there were neither “sympathetic people” nor “hapless victims of the criminal justice system” in prison, which clearly means he doesn’t believe in the concept of people being mistakenly jailed, something which continues to happen, especially to Black people. It also means Barr doesn’t believe in the concept of rehabilitation, the premise upon which prison is purportedly primarily built.

In case it wasn’t abundantly clear by now what type of agenda Barr would probably [re]embrace as attorney general, here’s how he told it in 1992: “the benefits of increased incarceration would be enjoyed disproportionately by Black Americans.”

Huh?

That logic just doesn’t compute — unless, of course, you want to see Black people locked up with no questions asked. According to research by University of Minnesota professor Michael Tonry and published in 1994, Barr “made the most aggressive efforts to compel state adoption of tougher criminal justice policies, and the Bush administration’s final proposed crime bills restricted eligibility for federal funds to states that, like the federal government, abolished parole release and adopted sentencing standards no less severe than those in the federal sentencing guidelines.”

The NYT report about Jared Kushner helping MbS "weather the storm" after Khashoggi's murder seems to confirm large parts of this @MiddleEastEye article — you know, the one that a whole lot of people threw cold water on when it came out several weeks ago.https://t.co/NxcvSAZGrK

Nah I disagree with this. This implies poor white voters don't know their interests and that the GOP gives them nothing. Poor white voters have better outcomes (jobs,education,healthcare,legal) than the majority of Black people. They want racial hierarchy and GOP gives it to them https://t.co/zPlpOqTZDC

Please join me in giving @Lin_Manuel a round of applause for having the Best Week Ever. His to-do list for the past 7 days: Star on Walk of Fame. Check. Raves for Mary Poppins. Check. Pick up Kennedy Center Honors. Check. Go ahead and get a Golden Globe nod. Check. Bruh. Bravo! pic.twitter.com/SfxkgbkYOa

Criminal RICO. To violate RICO, a person must engage in a pattern of racketeering activity connected to an enterprise. The law defines 35 offenses as constituting racketeering, including gambling, murder, kidnapping, arson, drug dealing, bribery.

I’m waiting to see how Congress is going to handle this treasonous mofo.

Russia was conducting an intelligence shaping operation, to craft, hone & groom a potential candidate for the president of the United States…There were multiple Russian contacts who had a task of shaping Trump's candidacy to be a Russian asset. @MalcolmNance#AMJoy#AMJonathanpic.twitter.com/mbKIswvdg6

Kinda fucked up that the woman running for President had her life scrutinized before the election, nothing was found, and she lost, but the man running for President was committing crimes DURING THE CAMPAIGN, won, and we're only finding out about them now.

No, the "good guys" lost in 2016, this is just mitigation of the original error. Whatever happens going forward, it won't undo the awful judicial appointments, the regulatory roll back, or the intergenerational theft (via tax cut). Those bells can't be unrung. https://t.co/EVda4zwX4Q

CNN's @JeffreyToobin gets it exactly right: This is the first time in our lives that a President's own DOJ — not some special prosecutor — is pointing the finger at the President and saying he has directed a felony.

As the walls close in on Trump, risk is high that he will become more desperate & destructive & potentially more damaging. I will demand AG nominee William Barr commit to unequivocally protecting the integrity & independence of the Special Counsel.

1. Today I did the annual story on holiday decorations at the Governor's residence. I've done it every year, for years. A very light but very fun story. Every year my reporting partner was Wendi Winters. This year, it was Selene. Wendi was murdered in June. https://t.co/hDlixzieht

On his 100th birthday, get to know Timuel Black, a lifelong friend and mentor of @BarackObama and a legendary organizer and historian who embodies the spirit of the South Side: pic.twitter.com/G4r5QjIyRc

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3 days ago – More than 2,500 tons of raw beef are being added to a recall in connection with a salmonella outbreak that federal officials say has sickened ..

Ella-Lorraine loves to dress up as her female heroes, like Bessie Coleman and Ruby Bridges. "She knows that folks came before her that allowed her to be where and who she is today and we’ve encouraged her to not back away from embracing that history.” pic.twitter.com/gVv1TauA8r

For her school’s “Cultural Heroes Day,” Ella-Lorraine chose to dress up as @MichelleObama (known then Michelle Robinson) as a freshman at Princeton University and she nailed it. 👏👏👏https://t.co/4cLVDl3LXZ

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